Jan Voordouw is a freelance development and participatory communication professional, who has worked in the Caribbean for over 20 years, particularly in Haiti and Jamaica.

He previously worked with:

- Cordaid (Haiti director) www.cordaid.org

- Panos Caribbean (Executive Director and Director of Programs) www.panoscaribbean.org

- UNEP (Program Officer) www.cep.unep.org.

A dual national (Jamaica / Netherlands), he now specializes in project evaluation, strategic planning, development communication, institutional development and coaching. These usually within a context of participatory community development and with various thematic angles, including humanitarian aid.

Jan Voordouw has a M.Sc. from the Agricultural University of Wageningen, Netherlands and speaks English, French, Dutch and Spanish.